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The Flow of Blessing, Joy and Happines

A satsang gathering at an ashram featuring devotional singing, teachings on pilgrimage, and shared reflections.

"Nowadays, you take a helicopter, fly there, go down, have a darshan, and go back... So the value, the meaning is lost."

"When the bhaktas come to the master, they come with devotion, with love. And that time, when a bhakta makes his journey... constantly in feelings, in thoughts, is that destination."

Following devotional singing, a spiritual teacher addresses the assembly in the ashram park. He contrasts the profound, transformative nature of traditional pilgrimage with modern, rushed visits, explaining how sincere devotion merges the pilgrim's consciousness with the holy destination. Several devotees then stand to share their experiences of love, joy, and unity felt during the gathering. The teacher concludes by blessing everyone and announcing an evening webcast satsang.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

What is this different Bhagavad Gītā? What is this Devī Svarma Deva? Kisakhi main āsakaru kisakhi, kisakhi chabba divā merī chabba chabba... Kisakhi, kisakhi tava bhagav? Kisakhi, kisakhi guru jīva merī? Jab pā sakarī meya sakaru, kisakhi, kisakhi guru jīva merī? Jab pā sakarī meya sakaru, kisakhi, kisakhi Chab Nat Mere Diladar Mili. Look at the friend of the Jakaaru. Guru Deva, merī chāb pās karīyā, sakāru kī kisākhī? Chābṛu pāno pachatā ho, nasī javī aur lakhō kī sākhī kī sākhī. Guru Deva, merī jab khās karī, mē̃ āsakāru kī sākhī kī sākhī. Guru Deva, merī jab khās karī, mē̃ āsakāru kī sākhī kī sākhī. Chab Pritī Apar Lagiyo Na Ke... Devam, mere jab pās kare, sākar kisake, kisake... Jab var yadai sara, jab var yadai sara unake... Deva merī jab pās kare, merī ās karū kī sakhī kī sakhī. Guru Deva merī jab pās kare, merī ās karū kī sakhī kī sakhī. Kisakhi guru deva mere rab paasakari sakparu kisakhi kisakhi... Chāra charaṇa śaraṇa guru-deva-milī, I don’t want to go to the temple again... When Guru-Deva takes me to the temple, I don’t want to go to the temple again. When Guru-Deva takes me to the temple, I don’t want to go to the temple again. So, those who have not been here yet, they are welcome from any country. Don’t wait. It took a long time, two hours, so blessings to all of you. You are, or we are, all lucky. Today is warm and nice, sunshine, that we can be in our park, our ashram, beautiful ashram in Střílky. These two hours, getting blessings and prasāda and saying hello—what did you all, who were just sitting and looking, what did you experience? Anyone can say, "Stand up and tell loudly." Loudly, she said she experienced love. She said she experienced love. Try to speak out loud, "Joy." Stand up and say, "Divine presence." You must translate both English and Hindi. Gratefulness, vděčnost, to be satisfied, spokojenost, a mír, mercy, milost. Thank you, Swamiji, that everything returned back. A děkujeme Swamiji mu, že se všechno zase vrátilo. It is a great blessing we are feeling, an immense blessing. Cítíme velké požehnání, je to pro nás velké požehnání. You can come here if you want to say something. Kdo chcete, můžete přijít sem. Because of the camera, I’ll give the camera. No, microphone. In this meeting with our beloved Master, I felt a sort of humanity, the very touch, a very warm human touch, that all this experience together no one can take away from us. This, what we experienced together. I feel that all who have come here are so immensely lucky and fortunate that we are here together, and I think we cannot have a higher fortune, a higher blessing than this. Unity and feeling to be together. And we have been missing Swamiji very much. And he tells us that we missed Swamiji. Joy. I think it is indescribable. Indescribable. I would say indescribable. Indescribable happiness, unity. Unity. Unity. Thank you. Thank you. How are you? Good. Good. Prasāda. Take chocolate. Good. So the blessing of our Siddha Pīṭha for all of us. It was like a flow of all three rivers together: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and Sarasvatī. And that is the blessing of Śiva, Adhagpurījī, Devpurījī, the blessing of Mahāprabhujī, the Viṣṇu, and the blessing of Holī Gurujī, like Brahmā. So when the bhaktas come to the master, they come with devotion, with love. And that time, when a bhakta makes his journey to meet the Master or to go to some holy place, constantly in feelings, in thoughts, is that destination. For example, in the old times, mostly holy places were somewhere far away from civilization. High in the mountains, forest, or desert, where there were no streets; it was difficult to reach the place. Because only those who went there really wanted to. Badrinath, Kedarnath, Kailash, all these places which are high in the Himalayas—you have to walk sometimes one month, two months, going up and down, up and down. Many times they lost the path, many times people died. So when they started their journey from home, for the whole village, it was a divine occasion, and all the village people used to tell, "Please tell my praṇāms, or my salutations, or my adorations, to that holy place or to the Master." Maybe it was in a desert, for example, Makkah. It also was in the desert, very hot. And sand storms. So when the person was going, he had one destination. I will see that holy place, and my life journey will be finished. Means rebirth and death. My old sins will be purified. Constantly thinking of that, so what happens? That vibration, the aura of that person, is developing according to that divine place. And when you come there, you are not there anymore. There is a complete difference from home to that place. You are that Kedārṇāth or Badrīnāth or Kailāśa because your feelings, your imaginations, your devotions have turned your consciousness into the divine. You make a parikramā. What does the parikramā mean? There is the ābhā maṇḍal, the aura, the radiance of that holy person or the holy place. And now you are moving through in this aura, like you go through the water. This is the meaning of the parikramā, that you are close to God, and your negative energy is filtered. So at that time, you become yourself, Kedarnath. You are so joyful, so happy, and you go back. People ask, "What did you see there? How did you feel?" Even when I was there, I didn’t feel anything. It was nice, holy, many people coming, because you were not that one. God has purified, God has helped you in every aspect. And when you come back, you bring that energy. So it is flowing with you; energy is flowing with you. When the people used to come back to their village, they got the message that in one or two days that person would be arriving. There was a big celebration. The whole village gathered, and with the colors, they were throwing the colors in the sky, a colorful sky. Not that they are welcoming that person, but that person had been in that holy place. And his coming back means that holy place has come to our village. And they used to bring prasāda, and everyone got very little, but something. Nowadays, you take a helicopter, fly there, go down, have a darśan, and go back. After breakfast, you go to the helicopter, have a darśan, come back, and have lunch again. So the value, the meaning is lost. So during this darśan time, you could feel. And you came from far distances? No, we were together all the time. But still, the satsaṅg here in our beautiful ashram, Śrīla Kriyā, it was nearly one year. Last summer you had Swamiji. Is Rajapurījī here? All the time Gajānanda is here, Pārvatī is here, Sarasvatī is here, Śāntī is here, so all the time satsaṅgas are there. Now you are in a certain bhāva, a feeling of happiness, joy, perfection, peace, contentment, as you all said. And now, this is a very good occasion for you to practice mantra. And during the mantra practice, you should not imagine anything. Just observe your being here with us together and your happiness. That will help you more to develop your spirituality and preserve it. So very happy to see you and bless you. Now you will have a little lunch time, something to eat. And evening 5:30, around 5:30, we will have here in the meadow satsaṅg, webcast, and the international, our dear bhaktas, they should know, those who are overseas, that time 5:30 is the strictly time. It means the time of Middle Europe, the golden city of Prague. So you should see what the time is in Prague on your internet. Then you will know that Prague is following the time of the Strelky. Thank you. So enjoy and have a nice time. And because you didn’t see each other for a long time, we have quit the Mauna. Some people told Swami, "It is only the time where we can talk with our Guru brothers and sisters from different parts." Some people told me that this is the only moment when we can talk to our Gurus, brothers, and sisters. But our talks should be satsaṅgs. About your feelings, your happiness, your family, your job, and so on. And evening satsaṅg here, outside, because of the webcast light. And many bhaktas are coming more this evening, so we will be double. So probably we will have satsaṅg outside, if it’s not so cold. So, enjoy and blessings. Jibran Magwā Neji.

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